Archive for August, 2009

I follow a good few comedians on Twitter and one of my favourites is Dara O’Briain. He’s as sharp as a tack and as funny as hell. Here he is sticking the knife into unscientific “medical” practices: As a brucey bonus, here’s a related portion of the extremely funny Mitchell & Webb taking the funny [...]

Is 40 middle aged? I don’t know about that, but I do know that I’ve been ill far more frequently that I should be since I’ve approached, and surpassed, that little benchmark. I’ve been on the sick for the past nine days – nine! I’ve only ventured into work today because my sicknote ran out [...]

Ever stayed in a hotel and begrudged paying over-the-odds for below-average hotel food? Begrudge now more: cook in your room! [Via Lifehacker]

Have you ever considered how big the universe really is? I have, and I’m not convinced that it’s impossible to imagine just how big it is. Watch this video and then experience a brain meltdown while you try and compute the sheer immense size of our amazing universe: How big is that? There are no [...]

Homeopathy bemuses me. I really don’t understand how anyone could believe that it would work and yet there are plenty of people out there forking out for magical sugar pills “soaked” in “healing” water. Ben Goldacre explains it pretty well in this video: Ben Goldacre on Homeopathy from science TV on Vimeo. Homeopaths would have [...]

I live in Nottingham but work just outside Coventry. It’s a great job but the daily drive up and down the motorways are a complete pain in the rectum. The trauma of the journey is much reduced due to the availability of a few colleagues that live close enough for me to car share with. [...]